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Michael Sharpe
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Michael Sharpe
I must say I am struggling to enjoy so much the new 'only 1 race' format that almost all online servers are using since the updates.
Particularly for racers who are less skilled at hotlapping (eg me) or if you join a server towards the end of the qualifying session, you will be destined to start at or near the back, with a top placing near impossible to achieve in a reasonably full server. Also on public servers you will be in a good place to get involved with careless drivers and wreckers on lap1.
Now the main fun before for me was to try and finish around 6th to 8th place in race1, thereby starting at the front in race2, and having a shot at a decent race with the sensible racers who hadn't left the server in race1. Even if you were knocked off early there was still a chance and something to aim for. Now there is little reason to continue racing if something happens to you at the start. Particularly at Monza, if you get pushed across a kerb and get a penalty, you may as well quit cos you ain't gonna see any other cars for the rest of the race. With 2 races it was worth carrying on in case you got 8th and pole for race2.
any thoughts? PS sorry for the essay
Particularly for racers who are less skilled at hotlapping (eg me) or if you join a server towards the end of the qualifying session, you will be destined to start at or near the back, with a top placing near impossible to achieve in a reasonably full server. Also on public servers you will be in a good place to get involved with careless drivers and wreckers on lap1.
Now the main fun before for me was to try and finish around 6th to 8th place in race1, thereby starting at the front in race2, and having a shot at a decent race with the sensible racers who hadn't left the server in race1. Even if you were knocked off early there was still a chance and something to aim for. Now there is little reason to continue racing if something happens to you at the start. Particularly at Monza, if you get pushed across a kerb and get a penalty, you may as well quit cos you ain't gonna see any other cars for the rest of the race. With 2 races it was worth carrying on in case you got 8th and pole for race2.
any thoughts? PS sorry for the essay